Improvement



SAMUEL MCVEEN AND BENJAMIN K. PRICE, OF CLEVELAND, OIIIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN HGRSESHCFASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. EGEQG, dated March 30, 1675; application liled December 5, 1874.

To all 107mm t fina-y concern:

Be it known that we, S. MCVEEN and B. K. PRICE, of Cleveland, in the county ot' Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a hoop having the shoe attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detached vie-w ot' lthe shoe.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the views presented.

The object ot' this invention is to secure a shoe t0 a horses foot without using nails for that purpose, the shoe lbeing' fastened to the foot by jointed straps pivoted to the heel of the shoe, and brought round to the front, and there inade fast to a toe-piece, in the manner substantially as follows.

ln the drawings, A represents the hoop, to which the shoe B is secured by the straps or bands C C. A detached view of the shoe is shown in Fig. 3, in which it will be seen that a projection, D, is made on each side ot' the shoe, to which is pivoted, respectively, the bands C C. On the front end of each of the bauds is formed an ear, E, through which is passed a bolt, G, whereby the ends of the bands are drawn together and tightlyr around the hoof, as shown in Eig. 1.

It will be observed that the ends of the bands are made fast to a lug, H, projecting from the top ofthe toe-piece I, through which the bolt passes, as shown in Fig. 2. J is a spur which enters the hoof to assist in holding the shoe from slipping` laterally.

'Ihe application of the shoe to the foot will be readily understood by the drawings, which show the attachment ot' the shoe to the foot. In this way ot fastening the shoe to the foot, the hoof is not injured, whereas, it' nails are used, they tear the hoof, and make the foot tender, and thereby often causing' laineness. This shoe can be put on a foot so broken, split, or otherwise injured that an ordinary shoe could not be nailed on. It can be put on young horses whose feet are too tender to hold nails.

As an improvement upon the patent of Stiekney and Taylor, October 18, 1864, No. 44,754,

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rIhe bands C C', pivoted to the heel of the I shoe, as described, bolt G, toe-piece I, having a perforated lug, II, in combination with the shoe B, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL MGVEEN. BENJAMIN K. PRICE.

l/Vitnesses J. H. BURRIDGE, M. A. J EWETT. 

